'Fire' of Divine Mercy spreads around world


National Catholic Register has an excellent article on the Divine Mercy devotion. Here is an excerpt from that article:
It was in Poland during the 1930s that Jesus himself lit the fire of Divine Mercy devotions. He revealed his desire for this special ardor to a humble nun, Sister Faustina Kowalska. And he specifically asked that a feast in its honor be celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter.

The flames spread bit by bit until the Jubilee Year 2000, when they burst into a conflagration. This came when Pope John Paul II declared — on April 30, at the canonization Mass for St. Faustina Kowalska — that “this Second Sunday of Easter … from now on throughout the Church, will be called Divine Mercy Sunday.”

Then, on Aug. 17, 2002, at the new Divine Mercy Shrine in Lagiewniki, Poland, the 263rd successor to St. Peter solemnly entrusted the world to the Divine Mercy, adding: “I do so with the burning desire that the message of God’s merciful love, proclaimed here through St. Faustina, may be made known to all the peoples of the earth and fill their hearts with hope.”

Seven years after the institution of the feast, and less than five since the papal proclamation, it seems the Spirit has indeed sent Divine Mercy fire all around the world.

If you could stand at the top of the world looking down on creation for evidence to back up that conclusion, here are some of the signs you would see. [More]

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